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Low voter turnout in urban areas worries BJP leaders 4/28/2024 11:08:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 28: Although BJP is confident of retaining both the Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province, party leaders are worried over low turn-out in urban assembly constituencies of Jammu district. After 2014, the BJP has expanded its footprints in rural areas of Jammu province but urban areas are still citadels of the Saffron Party. While the newly carved Shri Mata Vaishno Devi assembly constituency recorded the highest 79.04 percent polling, the urban assembly segment Bahu, which was crafted after the delimitation, recorded the lowest 62.34 percent polling. Comprising Gandhi Nagar, Trikuta Nagar, Channi Himmat, and other posh localities Bahu Assembly segment is considered a stronghold of the BJP, and the lowest voting in this segment is a matter of concern for the party. Jammu East, which has been a citadel of the BJP since the days of Praja Parishad and Jan Sangh, recorded 65.98 percent polling. Similarly, the newly carved out Jammu North Assembly segment recorded 67.38 percent polling. The Jammu West, which has emerged as a stronghold of the Saffron...   READ MORE

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After Mehbooba’s Poonch tour, BJP to devise fresh strategy 4/28/2024 11:07:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 28: After a three-day tour of the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti in the border district of Poonch to mobilize the support of Paharis, the BJP is going to devise a fresh strategy on the Anantnag-Rajouri seat. Highly placed sources said that Jammu-based BJP leaders have asked the Poonch-based leaders to give feedback about the impact of Mehbooba Mufti’s tour in the Poonch district. “BJP leadership is more worried over Mehbooba’s effort to reach out to the Pahari-speaking population in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri”, sources said and added that the BJP has already issued verbal directions to all its Pahari leaders to mobilize support for the A...   READ MORE   Ramban: Over 500 persons relocated to safer places amid land sinking 4/28/2024 11:07:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: More than 500 people have been relocated to safer places after over 58 houses were completely damaged due to land sinking in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. An official said the assessment of damages due to the land subsidence in Pernote village over the past three days has also started on war-footing to facilitate speedy release of compensation to affected families under the State Disaster Response Force (SD...   READ MORE   ‘Rebuild our shattered lives’ 4/28/2024 11:06:46 PM Early Times Report Ramban, Apr 28: Forced to leave their homes damaged due to land subsidence, the residents of Pernote village in this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir are concerned about their future and want adequate compensation to rebuild their lives. Over 58 houses in the village developed cracks since Thursday evening amid land sinking that left behind a trail of destruction, severely damaging four electricity towers, a receiving station and a section of the road connecting the Gool sub-division with the Ramban headquarters. The land subsidence is still continuing amid incessant rains, also threatening over two dozen remaining houses, while hundreds of acres of agricultur...   READ MORE   Those who turned down Ram temple invitation will be rejected by voters: PM Modi 4/28/2024 11:06:36 PM New Delhi, Apr 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that those who turned down the invitation for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be rejected by the people in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. He was apparently referring to the Congress party for not attending the event. Modi said a decision on building the Ram temple should have been taken the very next day of the country’s independence. Targeting the Congress on the issue, he alleged that the “same forces” ...   READ MORE   Will support like-minded parties in Kashmir: Ravinder Raina 4/28/2024 11:06:24 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 28: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K President Ravinder Raina on Sunday said that his party will extend support to like-minded parties in the Kashmir Valley as he cautioned people to stay away from the Congress. Raina claimed that BJP will win big on both Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats. “BJP has a good connection with the other like-minded parties in Kashmir Valley,” the BJP J&K President told the media here. He said, “We are looking forward to ex...   READ MORE   3 accused arrested within hours, case solved: Police Miran Sahib firing incident 4/28/2024 11:06:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 28: Police on Sunday said that it solved the case of Miran Sahib firing incident by arresting three persons involved in the incident in Jammu. In a handout a Police spokesman said that on 27th April in the evening hours local miscreants (criminals) had fired upon Khajuria Food Mall, Miran Sahib and had also asked for ransom amount. After this incident, miscreants repeated the episode in Chohalla, RS Pura. The spokesman further stated that in this regard, th...   READ MORE   VDG killed in Udhampur gunfight 4/28/2024 11:05:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 28: A Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed in a with terrorists in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said. A massive search operation is underway to flush out the terrorists, who are believed to have recently infiltrated from Pakistan, they said. The exchange of fire was reported from Panara village of Basantgarh when a patrolling party of police and VDGs confronted the suspected terrorists around 7:45 am, the officials said. According to them, following an initial exchange of fire that last over half an hour, the terrorists fled deep into the forest area and were being chased by the security for...   READ MORE   More rain in Kashmir till April 30: MeT 4/28/2024 11:05:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 28: Rainy weather continued on Sunday in the Kashmir Valley as some of the higher reaches received light snowfall amid a fresh forecast by the Meteorological Department Srinagar of widespread moderate precipitation during the next 48 hours till Tuesday. Srinagar and other parts of the valley received widespread moderate rainfall inundating several low lying areas besides bringing down the temperatures and disrupting normal life. The MeT data showed Srinagar received 30 mm of rainfall, Qazigund 23mm, Pahalgam 18.6mm, Kupwara 30.8mm, Kokernag 16.4mm and Gulmarg 20.6mm during the past 24 hours. Some upper reaches including Kongdori in Gulmarg, Sintha...   READ MORE   Property used as shelter by terrorists attached 4/28/2024 11:05:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 28: Police have attached a property in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for its allegedly use by terrorists as shelter. Police on Sunday said: “A single-storey residential house located in Monghama Pulwama used by terrorists for their shelter and stay has been attached under UA(P)A Act”. Additionally, the house owner Mohammad Lateef Kar had allegedly provided all logistic support to the terrorism and also had links to terrorist activities, police said. The property is now under official seizure, prohibiting any transfer, lease, disposal, or alteration without prior permission from the designated a...   READ MORE   BRO rescues people stuck at Razdan Pass 4/28/2024 11:05:09 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 28: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday rescued dozens of passengers whose vehicles got stuck in snowfall on Bandipora-Gurez Road in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. The BRO personnel swung into action as soon as they got the information about 35 vehicles that had been stuck on storm-hit Razdan Pass, the officials said. They said the BRO team first ensured the safety of the passengers and drivers before taking out their vehicles to safety. The road has been closed temporarily due to fresh spell of snowfall in Gurez valley and along the mountainous areas of Bandipora district....   READ MORE   NTA to announce details of exam centers 4/28/2024 11:05:03 PM New Delhi, Apr 28: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to announce the information regarding the city of examination for CUET-UG by May 5 or earlier. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairma of University Grants Commission (UGC) took to his official X handle and tweeted, “The National Testing Agency is likely to announce the City of Examination information for CUET-UG by 5th May or earlier. Downloading Admit Cards from the NTA website will begin in the second week of May 2024.” Earlier, on March 31, the University Grants Commission (UGC) extended the last date of registration for the Common University Entrance Test [CUET-(UG)]-2024 until April 5, 2024. According to a public noti...   READ MORE

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